Parcel-carrier



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PARCEL CARRIER. v No. 277,494. Patented May 15,1883.

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MELYILLE LINDSAY, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

PARCEL-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 277,494, dated May 15, 188 3.

Application filed March 26, 1883.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MELVILLE LINDSAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Parcel Carriers, of which thet'ollowing isa specification,reference being bad therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to improvements in devices for carrying parcels or packages, and particularly to packets in which are usually carried wearing apparel-such as gossamers,&c.; and theinvention consists in providing therefor a carrying-strap consisting of an endless band having a suitable fastening device attached thereto, whereby the strap may be secured to the parcel, and at the same time provide a handleor loop by means of which said parcel or bundle may be conveniently carried, all of which will be hereinafter more fully explained.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate myinventiomin which Figure 1 represents a side view of my carrier applied to a packet. Fig. 2is an edge view of the same; and Figs. 3,4,5,6,7,and 8 are views ofthe same in modified form.

Referring by letter to the a 000 in pan yi n g d ra \vings, the letter A designates the parcel-carrier, consisting of an endless strap or band, which is provided with a sliding clasp, a, that binds the strap around the parcel after the latter is placed within the band or carrier. Said clasp is adjusted toward said parcel, thus drawing the band tightly around the same, and at the same time the free portion b thereof is formed into a loop or handle, 0, thereby, which serves as a handle, by means of which the parcel can be carried.

I do not wish to be confined to any particular devices for securing the two parts of the band to one another in order to encircle and bind the bundle, or forming the loop or han- (No model.)

the two opposite portions of the band are fastened together.

Fig. 4: also shows a modification of said carrier, which consists of a single strap that is provided at one end with a buckle and at the opposite end with a hook, g, said strap being passed through the buckle, as shown, forming the bundle-loop h, after which the hook is inserted into said buckle, thus the opposite or free portion forming the loop or handle for carrying the parcel.

It will be seen that my parcel-carrier can be adjusted to encircle different sizes of-bundles, and, if desirable, the same may be secured to the packet or other article, thus preventing the same from being misplaced or lost, and it is at the same time a very cheap article to manufacture.

Havingdescribed my invention, whatIclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, in a parcel-carrier, of the endless band A and slidingclasp a, adapted to be locked at a fixed point, whereby the loops ch are formed by bringing the two opposite portions together, thus forming a handle-loop, 0, and parcel-loop h, capable of encircling different-size parcels, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' MELVILLE LINDSAY.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM J. WHITING, Units. '1. LUNT. 

